PASSIVATION OF WIDE BAND-GAP BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH HYDROGEN-FREE SPUTTERED NITRIDES
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    发明公开
    PASSIVATION OF WIDE BAND-GAP BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES WITH HYDROGEN-FREE SPUTTERED NITRIDES 审中-公开
    ON BIG BAND基于距离的半导体元件的钝化与氢免费溅射氮化物

    公开(公告)号:EP1897128A1

    公开(公告)日:2008-03-12

    申请号:EP06785888.6

    申请日:2006-06-28

    申请人: CREE, INC.

    IPC分类号: H01L21/314 H01L21/318

    摘要: A passivated semiconductor structure and associated method are disclosed. The structure includes a silicon carbide substrate or layer; an oxidation layer on the silicon carbide substrate for lowering the interface density between the silicon carbide substrate and the thermal oxidation layer; a first sputtered non-stoichiometric silicon nitride layer on the thermal oxidation layer for reducing parasitic capacitance and minimizing device trapping; a second sputtered non-stoichiometric silicon nitride layer on the first layer for positioning subsequent passivation layers further from the substrate without encapsulating the structure; a sputtered stoichiometric silicon nitride layer on the second sputtered layer for encapsulating the structure and for enhancing the hydrogen barrier properties of the passivation layers; and a chemical vapor deposited environmental barrier layer of stoichiometric silicon nitride for step coverage and crack prevention on the encapsulant layer.